Revisit: PORT CHICAGO MUTINY (1944)

The Port Chicago Mutiny involved African American enlisted men in the U.S. Navy who refused to return to loading ammunition after a disastrous explosion at Port Chicago, California on July 17, 1944 that destroyed the Liberty ship SS E.A. Bryan.  Sailors and dock workers were pressured by time and their superiors and were also using unsafe unloading methods. Continue reading Revisit: PORT CHICAGO MUTINY (1944)